Frame for radiators



J. SPRINGER.

FRAME FOR RADIATORS. APPLICAI'ION FILED JULY 12, I918.

1,357,597. Patented NOV. 2, 1920.

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FRAME FOR RADIATOHS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, I9I8.

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JOHN SPRINGER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY- FRAME FOR RADIATOBS.

T 0 all w 710m it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SPRINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Radiators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to radiators in general and more especially to the supporting frames for radiators of automobiles, tractors and the like.

One of the main objects of the present in vention is to provide a radiator having a supporting frame that is sufiiciently flexible to allow for expansion of the conduits thereof and thus prevent fracture of connections with the conduits, and yet be suiliciently rigid to take up supporting strains between the upper and lower portions of the radiator.

,Another object of the invention is to provide a radiator having upper and lower headers with tubes connecting such headers and frames properly spaced apart and supporting the headers from one another, which frames are sufficiently flexibleto allow for expansion of the tubes. I

The invention also contemplates certaln features of construction embraced by an automobile radiator having frames forspacing and'supporting upper and lower headers having connecting conduits, which frames are provided with transverse undulations to allow for longitudinal expansion of thetubes, and also to permit them'to follow the tubes which are connected to substantially flexible header plates, when the ment illustrated in Fig. 1;

radiator is subjected to any shock or jolt due to irregularities in the road-bed or the like.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear fromthe subjoined detail description of certain specific embodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which r i Figure 1 is a front elevation of a radiator constructed according to the present invention withwidelyspaced apart undulations or beads;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the embodi- Fig. 3 is a fragmental section'showing the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 12, 1918.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 244,635.

connection between a supporting frame and a header of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1;

'Fig. 4: is a fragmental transverse section looking down on a corner of the inside of the radiator illustrated in Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are fragmental views showing supporting frames having diiferent forms of undulations.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4: inclusive, there is shown an upper header 1, a lower header 2, and conduits 3 composing a stand of tubing extending from one header to the other and being con nected to such headers by means of flexible header plates 4, see Fig. 3, to which the conduits 3 are welded or otherwise suitabl connected, the header 1 being provided witli suitable means for inlet, and the header 2, being provided with suitable means for outlet.

The lateral supporting'members 5 and 6 form the main part of the present invention and are composed in the embodiment of Figs. 1 to a, of com aratively thin sheet metal with transversely extending undulations 7, spaced from one another a substantial distance. The supporting members, constituting side and end supporting frames of a shell body, Figs. 1 and 2, are suitably connected at their upper and lower ends to the headers 1 and 2,,respectively. The front and rear of the shell body are open, the conduits 3, or stand of'tubing, being contained within the shell body and filling in the front and rear spaces thereof. The undulations 7 of the shell body extend along the sides and around the ends thereof and terminate at the above mentioned front and rear spaces. As shown in Fig. 2, the side walls of the frames 5 and 6 may be provided with openings 8 to increase the flexible efficiency of the supporting frames.

As the conduits 3 expand or contract mainly according to the temperature of their contents, the supporting frames 5 and 6 which are not directly subject to the temperature-varying contents will obviously not be expanded or contracted directly by such variation in temperature, butdue to their conduits 3 and headers 1 and 2 be main V 6, such supporting frames will readily follow the conduits and thus prevent any unnecessary straining of the several connected parts. V Inthe embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5, a supporting element is illustrated in which the undulations 7 are more closely disposed relative to one another than in the embodiment illustrated inFig. 1;

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6 a supporting element is illustrated having undulations 7 of slightly different conformation than those illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, the conformation of the undulations in this embodiment resembling a corrugation.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to the details of construction without departing'from the spirit of the invention, or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

I, claim:

1. A radiator comprising an upper header and a lower header; a shell body; and a stand of tubing contained in said shellbody and operatively connected to the upper and lower headers;v said shell body comprising side and end frames connected to the respective headers and provided with large openings for providing flexibility of the side and end frames.

2. A radiator comprising an upper header and a lower header; a shell body open at front and rear; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and occupying the open front and rear thereof and operatively connected to the upper and lower headers; said shell body comprisingside and end frames connected to the respective headers and provided with large vertical openings for providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion and contraction of said stand of tubing.

3. A radiator comprising an upper header and a lower header; a shell body comprising side and end frames provided with openings in the side thereof and provided with transverse undulations; and a stand of tubing contained in said shellbody and operatively connected to the upper and lower headers; said sideand end frames being connected to the respective headers and said openings; and transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion and con tractionof said stand of tubing.

4. A radiator comprising an upper header having means for inlet and a lower header having means for outlet; a shell body com prising side and end frames provided with longitudinal openings in the side thereof and provided with transverse undulations; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and operatively connected to the upper and lower headers; said side and end frames being connected to the respective headers, and said longitudinal openings and transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion and contraction of said stand of tubing. r

5. A radiator comprising an upper header having means for inlet and alower header having means for outlet; a shell body open at front and rear and comprising side and end frames provided with longitudinal openings in the side thereof'and provided with transverse undulations; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and occupying the open front and rear thereof and operatively connected to the upper and lower headers; said side and end frames being connected to the respective headers, and said longitudinal openings and transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion and contraction of said stand of tubing.

6 A radiator comprising an upperhead'er provided with a continuously flat. flexible header plate,,and a lower header provided with a flexible header plate; a shell body comprising side and end frames; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and operatively connected to said upper and lower flexible header plates; said side and end" frames beingconnected to the upper and lower headers, the intra-marginal portion of said flexible header plates being sufficiently resilient to provide resilient support for the stand of tubing under jolt or side throw of the radiator. I

7. A radiator comprising an upperheader provided with a flexible header platepand a lower header provided with a flexible header plate; a shell body open at front and rear and comprising side and endframes; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and occupying the open front and rear thereof and operatively connected to said upper and lower flexible header plates; said side and end frames being connected to the upper and lower headers, the intra-marginal tively connected to said upper and lower flexible header plates; said side and end frames being connected to the upper and lower headers and said transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion or contraction of said stand of tubing, and said flexible header plates providing resilient support for the stand of tubing under jolt or side throw of the radiator.

9. A radiator comprising an upper header having means for inlet and provlded with a flexible header plate, and a lower header having means for outlet and provided with a'flexlble header plate; a shell body open at front and rear and comprising side and end frames provided with openings in the side thereof and provided with transverse undulations; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and occupying the open front and rear thereof and operatlvely connected to said upper and lower flexible header plates; said shell body being connected to the upper and lower headers and said openings and transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to the expansion and contraction of said stand of tubing, and said flexible header plates providing resilient support for the stand of tubing under jolt or side throw of the radiator.

10. A radiator comprising an upper header having means for inlet and provided with a flexible header plate, and a lower header having means for outlet and provided with a flexible header plate; a shell body open at front and rear and comprising side and end frames provided with longi tudinal openings in the side thereof and provided with transverse undulations; and a stand of tubing contained in said shell body and occupying the front and rear thereof and operatively connected to said upper and lower flexible header plates; said side and end frames being connected to the upper and lower headers and said longitudinal openings and transverse undulations providing flexibility of the side and end frames relative to expansion and contraction of said stand of tubing, and said flexible header plates providing resilient support for the stand of tubing under jolt or side throw of the radiator.

JOHN SPRINGER.

Witnesses F. F. SASS, H. D. PENNnY. 

